Where will You spend Eternity

Luke 23:43 - "And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with Me in paradise."

I read about a man who was on an airplane in a bad storm. Even the flight attendant was nervous. But there was a
little lady humming "Blessed Assurance." She seemed to be at ease. This man said to her, "Lady, aren't you
afraid?" She replied, "Not at all. I've given my heart to Jesus Christ. Not so long ago, I had a daughter who
died. She was a radiantly beautiful Christian and is now in heaven. I have another daughter who's in Denver,
where this airplane is going. But, I tell you the truth. It really doesn't make much difference to me which
daughter I visit." Jesus told a man on a bloody cross, "Today you'll be with Me in paradise."

If you were to die today, where would you spend eternity? Where would your family?

"Jesus turned and said to Peter, 'Get behind me, Satan! You are a
stumbling block to me; for you are setting your mind not on divine
things but on human things. 'Then Jesus told his disciples, 'If any want
to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross
and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and
those who lose their life for my sake will find it.'" ~Matthew 16:23-25

We were born with the Divine within us. Living a selfish life can
hinder the Divine from being expressed and shared. The celestial fire
has to be tended and fed so that it will grow into a real desire to live
the right way. By trying to do the will of God, we grow more and more
in the new way of life. By thinking of God, praying to God and having
communion with God, we gradually grow more like God. The way of our
transformation from the material to the spiritual allows God to work in
and through us.

I pray that I may tend the spark of the Divine within me so that it will
grow. I pray that I may be gradually transformed from the old life to
the new and fuller life.

2 Peter 3:9 - "The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."

Have you ever wondered why Jesus has not yet returned? I'll tell you why. Because our Lord is waiting on people
to be saved. He's waiting on your family member, your neighbor, your coworker. Maybe you. But one of these days
soon and very soon perhaps, Jesus will come. You see, it is the mercy of God that holds back the Second Coming of
Jesus. But the justice of God and the judgment of God requires that one day He will come. Even now, the raging
waters of God's wrath are furiously pounding against the dam of His mercy. And one of these days, the dam of
God's mercy will give way to God's judgment and the day of the Lord will come. Our Lord is coming!

Does the Lord's return make your heart beat fast because you anticipate His coming or dread His coming?

Exodus 13:3 - "And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this place."

Each year, Americans remember those bravehearted souls who fought and gave their lives so that you and I would
have the rights and privileges of living in a free country. Remembering is important. In fact, God instructs His
people on many occasions in the Old Testament to remember from whence they came and to remember His providence.
It is by the mighty hand of God that we are saved, we are protected, and we are free to live in the Land of the
Brave. Never take that freedom for granted, my friend. It is a precious commodity for which the world hungers.
And it is a powerful charge for you and I to protect.

Zeal - William Booth

Unless I go about my business of saving the souls of men with an energy and a zeal almost amounting to madness, nobody will take any notice of me, much less believe what I say and make everlasting profit out of it.